This is a list of records and statistics of the Copa América, including from when it was called the South American Championship (1916–1975).
General statistics by tournament Year Hosts Champions Winning coach Golden Boot (goals) Best playerCopa América Best Players, RSSSF.com 1916 Alfredo Foglino Isabelino Gradín (3) Isabelino Gradín 1917 Ramón Platero Ángel Romano (4) Héctor Scarone 1919 Haroldo Arthur Friedenreich (4) Neco (4) Arthur Friedenreich 1920 Ernesto Fígoli José Pérez (3) Ángel Romano (3) José Piendibene 1921 Pedro Calomino Julio Libonatti (3) Américo Tesoriere 1922 Laís Juan Francia (4) Agostinho Fortes Filho 1923 Leonardo De Lucca Vicente Aguirre (3) Pedro Petrone (3) José Nasazzi 1924 Ernesto Meliante Pedro Petrone (4) Pedro Petrone 1925 Américo Tesoriere Manuel Seoane (6) Manuel Seoane 1926 Ernesto Fígoli David Arellano (7) José Leandro Andrade 1927 José Lago Millán Alfredo Carricaberry (3) Segundo Luna (3) Roberto Figueroa (3) Pedro Petrone (3) Héctor Scarone (3) Manuel Seoane 1929 Francisco Olazar Aurelio González (5) Manuel Ferreira 1935 Raúl Blanco Herminio Masantonio (4) José Nasazzi 1937 Manuel Seoane Raúl Toro Julio (7) Vicente de la Mata 1939 Jack Greenwell Teodoro Fernández (7) Teodoro Fernández 1941 Guillermo Stábile Juan Marvezzi (5) Sergio Livingstone 1942 Pedro Cea Herminio Masantonio (7) José Manuel Moreno (7) Obdulio Varela 1945 Guillermo Stábile Norberto Méndez (6) Heleno de Freitas (6) Domingos da Guia 1946 Guillermo Stábile José María Medina (7) Adolfo Pedernera 1947 Guillermo Stábile Nicolás Falero (8) José Manuel Moreno 1949 Flávio Costa Jair (9) Ademir 1953 Manuel Fleitas Solich Francisco Molina (7) Heriberto Herrera 1955 Guillermo Stábile Rodolfo Micheli (8) Enrique Hormazábal 1956 Hugo Bagnulo Enrique Hormazábal (4) Óscar Míguez 1957 Guillermo Stábile Humberto Maschio (9) Javier Ambrois (9) Omar Sívori 1959 Victorio Spinetto Pelé (8) Pelé 1959 Juan Carlos Corazzo José Sanfilippo (6) Alcides Silveira 1963 Danilo Alvim Carlos Alberto Raffo (6) Ramiro Blacut 1967 Juan Carlos Corazzo Luis Artime (5) Pedro Rocha 1975 Various Marcos Calderón Leopoldo Luque (4) Ernesto Díaz (4) Teófilo Cubillas 1979 Various Ranulfo Miranda Jorge Peredo (4) Eugenio Morel (4) Carlos Caszely 1983 Various Omar Borrás Jorge Burruchaga (3) Roberto Dinamite (3) Carlos Aguilera (3) Enzo Francescoli 1987 Roberto Fleitas Arnoldo Iguarán (4) Carlos Valderrama 1989 Sebastião Lazaroni Bebeto (6) Rubén Sosa 1991 Alfio Basile Gabriel Batistuta (6) Leonardo Rodríguez 1993 Alfio Basile José Luis Dolgetta (4) Sergio Goycochea 1995 Héctor Núñez Gabriel Batistuta (4) Luis García (4) Enzo Francescoli 1997 Mário Zagallo Luis Hernández (6) Ronaldo 1999 Vanderlei Luxemburgo Rivaldo (5) Ronaldo (5) Rivaldo 2001 Francisco Maturana Víctor Aristizábal (6) Amado Guevara 2004 Carlos Alberto Parreira Adriano (7) Adriano 2007 Dunga Robinho (6) Robinho 2011 Óscar Tabárez Paolo Guerrero (5) Luis Suárez 2015 Jorge Sampaoli Eduardo Vargas (4) Paolo Guerrero (4) Lionel Messi 2016 Juan Antonio Pizzi Eduardo Vargas (6) Alexis Sánchez 2019 Tite Everton (3) Paolo Guerrero (3) Dani Alves 2021 Lionel Scaloni Lionel Messi (4) Luis Díaz (4) Lionel Messi 2024 Lionel Scaloni Lautaro Martínez (5) James Rodríguez Note: Carlos Valderrama (1987) was the first player to officially win the best player of the tournament award.
Debut of national teams Year Debuting teams Teams 1916 , , , 4 4 1917 – 1920 None 0 4 1921 1 5 1922 – 1925 None 0 5 1926 1 6 1927 1 7 1929 – 1937 None 0 7 1939 1 8 1939 – 1942 None 0 8 1945 1 9 1946 – 1963 None 0 9 1967 1 10 1975 – 1991 None 0 10 1993 , 2 12 1995 None 0 12 1997 1 13 1999 1 14 2001 1 15 2004 – 2011 None 0 15 2015 1 16 2016 , 2 18 2019 1 19 2021 None 0 19 2024 1 20
Overall team records
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
Rank Team 1442081324333483183+3004392462121154057421226+1953853381951094145435206+229368441191673589291317−26236539180644373267311−44235634164584066230258−28214724130532651154194−40185829122202676109308−19986930130172885139331−192791011512014176763+47411207411184559182−123511262064101935−16221352162132132−1120141631275+21015273041020−109161613247−361726033615−93181301225−311913003112−1102039009116−150
Medal table No third place match was played in 1975, 1979 and 1983.
Hosts +Results of host nationsYearHosting teamFinish1916Runners-up1917Champions1919Champions1920Fourth place1921Champions1922Champions1923Champions1924Champions1925Champions1926Third place1927Third place1929Champions1935Third place1937Champions1939Champions1941Third place1942Champions1945Third place1946Champions1947Sixth place1949Champions1953Fifth place1955Runners-up1956Champions1957Fourth place1959Champions1959Fourth place1963Champions1967Champions1975 No host1979 No host1983 No host1987Fourth place1989Champions1991Third place1993Fourth place1995Champions1997Runners-up1999Quarter-finals2001Champions2004Quarter-finals2007Quarter-finals2011Quarter-finals2015Champions2016Fourth place2019Champions2021Runners-up2024Group stage
Defending champions +Results of defending championsYearDefending championsFinish1917Champions1919Runners-up1920Third place1921Third place1922Fourth place1923Fourth place1924Champions1925Did not enter1926Runners-up1927Runners-up1929Champions1935Runners-up1937Third place1939Runners-up1941Fourth place1942Runners-up1945Fourth place1946Champions1947Champions1949Did not enter1953Runners-up1955Third place1956Runners-up1957Third place1959Champions1959Runners-up1963Did not enter1967Sixth place1975 Semi-finals1979 Semi-finals1983 Semi-finals1987Champions1989Runners-up1991Runners-up1993Champions1995Quarter-finals1997Group stage1999Champions2001Quarter-finals2004Fourth place2007Champions2011Quarter-finals2015Quarter-finals2016Champions2019Fourth place2021Runners-up2024Champions2028TBD
Coaches with most matches Rank CoachNationalityTeam(s) managedMatchesTournamentsNotes1Guillermo Stábile 441941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957 Champion in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 19572Luis Tirado 351946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956Runner-up in 1955 and 19563Manuel Fleitas Solich 331942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 Champion in 1953Óscar Tabárez 1989, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 Champion in 20115Francisco Maturana 271987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 Champion in 20016Hernán Darío Gómez 261995, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2019 7Ricardo Gareca 22 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024Runner-up in 20198Alfio Basile 191991, 1993, 2007 Champion in 1991 and 1993Flávio Costa 1945, 1946, 1949 Champion in 1949Lionel Scaloni 2019, 2021, 2024 Champion in 2021 and 2024
Titles by coach Rank CoachNationalityTeam(s) managedTitlesNotes1Guillermo Stábile 6 Champion in 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957 (runner-up in 1942)2Alfio Basile 2 1991 and 1993 (runner-up in 2007)Juan Carlos Corazzo 2 1959 and 1967Ernesto Fígoli 21920 and 1926Lionel Scaloni 22021 and 2024
Dunga of , Manuel Seoane of , Danilo Alvim of and Pedro Cea of won the Copa América as a player and also as a coach: Cea won in 1923 and 1924 as a player and in 1942 as a coach; Seoane won in 1925, 1927 and 1929 as a player and in 1937 as a coach; Alvim won in 1949 as a player and in 1963 as a coach (coaching Bolivia); Dunga won in 1989 and 1997 as a player and in 2007 as a coach. Guillermo Stábile , Alfio Basile and Lionel Scaloni all had retained the title: Stábile in 1945, 1946 and 1947 and he is the most retained coach three times; Basile in 1991 and 1993; Scaloni in 2021 and 2024 all of them with . José Lago Millán , Jack Greenwell , Danilo Alvim , Jorge Sampaoli , and Juan Antonio Pizzi won the title as foreign coaches: Millán with Argentina in 1927; Greenwell with Peru in 1939; Alvim with Bolvia in 1963; Sampaoli with Chile in 2015; Pizzi with Chile in 2016.
Most tournaments hosted
Years in bold indicate hosting nation won the tournament.
No. of times hostedCountryYear(s)Wins as host 9 1916, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1937, 1946, 1959, 1987, 2011 6/9 7 1920, 1926, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1991, 2015 1/7 1917, 1923, 1924, 1942, 1956, 1967, 1995 7/7 6 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 2019, 2021 5/6 1927, 1935, 1949, 1953, 1957, 2004 1/6 3 1947, 1959, 1993 0/3 No Host 1975, 1979, 1983 –/– 2 1963, 1997 1/2 2016, 2024 0/21 2001 1/1 1999 0/1 2007 0/1
Teams
Overall Most Copa América appearances: 46, For a detailed list, see Copa América participations Most championships: 16, Most appearances in Copa América final matches: 30, Most appearances in Copa América top four: 37, For a detailed list of top four appearances, see Copa América results Most matches played: 212, Fewest matches played: 3, , Most wins: 132, Most losses: 89, Most draws: 43, , Team with the most goals scored in a single match: 12−0 (1942) Most goals scored: 483, Most goals conceded: 331, Fewest goals scored: 1, , Fewest goals conceded: 5, , Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.32, Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.83,
In one tournament Most wins: 7, (1949) Most goals scored: 46, (1949) Fewest goals conceded: 0, (2001) Most goals conceded: 31, (1942) Most minutes without conceding a goal: 540, (2001)
Streaks Most consecutive championships: 3, 1945, 1946, 1947 Most consecutive final matches: 8, 1923–1937 Most consecutive runners-up: 2 (4 times) (2 times)
Individual
Goals scored RankPlayerCountryGoals1Norberto Méndez17Zizinho3Teodoro Fernández15Severino Varela5Paolo Guerrero14Lionel MessiEduardo Vargas8Ademir13Gabriel BatistutaJairJosé Manuel MorenoHéctor Scarone13Roberto Porta12Ángel Romano15Didi11Herminio Masantonio17Javier Ambrois10Héctor CastroEnrique HormazábalArnoldo IguaránÁngel LabrunaLautaro MartínezPedro PetroneRonaldoÓscar Gómez Sánchez
Assists provided RankPlayerCountryAssists1Lionel Messi182Zizinho173Jair9James Rodríguez5Alex86Denílson7Ángel Di María8Juan Roman Riquelme6Carlos Tevez
Matches played
RankPlayerCountryMatchesTournaments1Lionel Messi392007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 20242 Sergio Livingstone341941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949, 19533Zizinho331942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 19574Víctor Ugarte301947, 1949, 1953, 1959 (ARG)5Ángel Di María282011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024Paolo Guerrero2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 20247Leonel Álvarez271987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995Claudio Bravo2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024Mauricio Isla2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024Gary Medel2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021Nicolás Otamendi2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024Carlos Valderrama1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995Yoshimar Yotún2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 202114Pedro Gallese262015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024Javier Mascherano2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016Alexis Sánchez2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024Eduardo Vargas2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 202418Álex Aguinaga251987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004Christian Cueva2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024Cornelio Heredia1947, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956Cláudio Taffarel1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 Data published by Copa América's official website.
Titles by player